I am so excited to introduce you to the May Garden Jumper Pattern! This little jumper pattern has been a labor of love for me and I am so excited to finally launch it out into the world! May Garden is specifically designed to be smocked with knits because you know how I love smocking knits! May Garden is a pull over sleeveless knit dress or jumper in sizes 3-12. I designed the pattern to be close enough to the body to be worn as a sleeveless dress but it also has enough ease

Prom and wedding season is in full swing and so it seemed a good time to get this little tutorial up the blog. I had the good fortune to take a class from Cindy Foose several years ago. Cindy is an amazing sewing teacher and if you ever have the chance to take a class with her, rush to do so! She taught us this wonderful little hand stitch that she called the Toymaker Stitch. I used the stitch when I needed to shorten and then hem my daughter's prom dress. Her dress was pleat

Fall is definitely here in New England, although due to our lack of rain, this is not going to be one of our better Falls color wise. So we need to bring a little fall color to our sewing! This is the first of two posts with a round-up of free sewing and stitching fall projects to get those creative juices flowing! Check back next Tuesday for the second post! This post is just about pumpkins, so lets see what great projects we can get started! This embroidery design would be